Absence of cell wall in Mycoplasma

[Anithadhruvbud]

I read somewhere that antibiotics can have no effect on Mycoplasma as they do not possesses a cell wall.But How ? Antibiotics should be able to get into the bacteria very easily when there is no cell wall,right ?

 

[Ygggdrasil]

There are antibiotics that can target mycoplasma. However, many antibiotics (such as penicillin and its derivatives) work by targeting bacterial proteins involved in cell wall synthesis. These types of antibiotics are ineffective against mycoplasma.